LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 One Word Capture Mood: Sad The following were some of the definitions of the word “sad” from dictionary.com. “Affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful, expressive of or characterized by sorrow, causing sorrow; somber, dark, or dull; drab; deplorably bad, sorry.” Thesauraus.com lists 46 synonyms for sad. And I add an additional from other sources, pathetic. The following story is sad by almost all of these. This was originally reported by CNN. Jodi…
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In Oneonta, Santa, Other Staples Virtual By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Common Council member Mark Drnek, it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. “We were in Brooklyn one time during the holidays, and all of a sudden, we heard music in the streets,” he said. “It was a game-changer.” A similar 16-speaker system, designed by Carrie Schmidt of Bitbybit Solutions, was put in place for the downtown dining event and, come Black Friday, will…
75 Faculty Sign Petition Asking Leadership: Stop By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The evening before SUNY Oneonta issued its Draft Reopening Plan, some faculty members posted a 25-point manifesto and petition online: They’re against it. Addressed to “Dear Acting President Dennis Craig and Provost Leamor Kahanov,” it declares, “To regain our trust and confidence in your decision-making processes, shared governance at SUNY Oneonta must be restored.” Each of the 25 points begin with the word “stop,” and…
Bye, Bye! Big Tree Off To Rockefeller Center By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – It was a reveal four years in the making. “When I was here in 2016, I came around the corner and there was this beautiful tree,” said Erik Pauze, Rockefeller Center’s head gardener. “But it wasn’t quite ready yet. So for four years, I’ve been coming up twice a year to water and feed it.” And finally, the 75-foot Norway Spruce, on…
LETTER from ADRIAN KUZMINSKI Sanctuaries Recipes For Anarchy To the Editor: In his letter to the editor of Nov. 12-13, county Rep. Rick Brockway, R-West Laurens, points out that the Village of Cooperstown was “made a sanctuary haven for illegal immigrants.” Indeed, the village, in April, 2017, voted unanimously, as reported in this newspaper, “not to participate in the Delegation of Immigration Authority’ under the Immigration & Nationality Act of 1996.” Invoking the same idea from the opposite end of…
Cooperstown Readies For Virtual Christmas By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown Community Christmas Committee isn’t going to let COVID-19 be the Grinch who steals the holiday. “It was clear by last summer that Christmas was going to be different,” said the 4C’s Peg Leon. “But we didn’t want to not decorate. It’s important to provide something for the locals and the children.” This Sunday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m., the village’s Christmas season starts, as families…
Let Grand Old Flag Fly Editor’s Note: This message was dropped off anonymously at The Freeman’s Journal office at 21 Railroad Ave. I respectfully request the Village of Cooperstown return to raising our flag on Pioneer and Main to full staff. We have had the flag lowered for over a half-year to respect the sick and the deceased. That was good, and important to locals and visitors to our blessed town who travel here from around the world. Sadly, there…
Campaign Underway To Keep Ioxus Here, Zakrevsky Tells City By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Otsego Now President Jody Zakrevsky may save Ioxus. “Ioxus is in the process of being sold to XS Power Batteries,” he said, appearing Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Common Council, via Zoom. Its CEO Scottie Johnson “indicated he was planning on closing Ioxus and moving the company to Knoxville, Tenn., but we worked with him to keep the facility here.” Doing so, he said,…
Plan: Catch Virus Before It Can Spread By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A draft plan on reopening SUNY Oneonta on Feb. 1 was released Monday, Nov. 16, that – among many points in the single-spaced, 22-page document – addresses a particular community concern. That is, preventing this fall’s outbreak of 700-plus on-campus cases from happening again. In an interview, SUNY Oneonta President Dennis Craig called it “a strong plan” that includes a five-point prevention protocol he…
Oneonta Owl Hitches Ride On Rockefeller-Bound Tree By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A Saw-whet owl who nested in “Daddy Al” Dick’s 75-foot Norway Spruce was rescued when workers tasked with transporting the tree to Rockefeller Center found the hitchhiker while putting up the tree in New York City. According to a Facebook post, the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties received a phone call that the owl had been rescued from the tree after it arrived in…
